Szoke new Race Discrimination Commissioner; NBN loses IR manager to John Holland; Toyota protected action vote; and Talks break down for Victorian security guards and cleaners.
The Productivity Commission has described workplace flexibility constraints as one of the "major restrictions requiring improvement" in the retail sector and has recommended that the Federal Government examine industry concerns about the Fair Work Act.
As Qantas continues its industrial battles, Virgin Australia has amicably struck a deal with the Flight Attendants Association's international division that shifts 500 long-haul flight attendants off common law contracts and onto a Fair Work agreement.
Fault lines are emerging in Federal Labor's good faith bargaining laws, but at the same time some of employers' key concerns aren't being borne out in tribunal decisions, according to Sydney University's Professor Joellen Riley
Fair Work Australia full bench hearings in the SACS equal remuneration case that were scheduled for next week have been postponed to allow further conciliation.
The NSW Opposition and Greens look set to fail in their bid to disallow the Government regulation capping public sector salaries, but NSW unions remain hopeful that the state Commission will decide that the O'Farrell Government has overstepped its powers.
Riggers that halted crane operations on an offshore oil platform construction barge operated by McDermott Australia Pty Ltd have returned to work, after it won an injunction against the workers and the AWU and its four delegates.
The NSW Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling by a full bench of the State IRC that it did not have the jurisdiction to consider an injured coal miner's reinstatement application.
A week after a ruling that opens the door for unions to negotiate deals for thousands of Rio Tinto iron ore employees, the company has confirmed it will seek special leave from the High Court to appeal the decision.
